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Life And Letters Of Hannah E. Pipe
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So many of Miss Pipes friends, teachers, and old pupils have contributed to this attempt to reconstruct the fabric of her life before it crumbles into oblivion, that I can only express my deep obligation to them all, without singing from the roll of their names for special acknowledgment more than those of Miss Pope, Lady Huggins, Miss Swindelk, and Mrs Barber. It is for them, for her old pupils and for their children, that the hook has been written, and from the larger public I would venture to ask indulgence for its homcomings, on the ground that it is primarily intended for those who knew and loved her, and therefore contains details and reiterations which they will pardon, and it may be, even value. Miss Pipe was my friend for forty years, and it is to this fact that I owe the request of her executors that I should undertake the editing of her Life and Letters. The task has bean lightened by their sympathy.....
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